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050		0	_aDS247.K88 _bK89 2003
245	0	0	_aKuwait : _bthe growth of a historic identity / _cedited by Ben J. Slot.
260			_aLondon : _bArabian, _c2003.
300			_a129 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aPapers presented 19 May, 1995 at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [112]-121) and index.
505	0		_aMap of Kuwait -- I. Kuwait : the Growth of a Historic Identity : 1. First markings on old maps, 16th-18th centuries - 2. The earliest written sources - 3. A desert state on the borders of the Ottoman Empire - 4. The growth of Ottoman influence in the area - 5. The dispute over Kuwait's international status, 1896–1914 -- II. Two 18th-century Sources on Kuwait : Murtada b. 'Ali b. 'Alwan and Carsten Niebuhr : 1. A visit to Kuwait in 1709 - 2. Carsten Niebuhr's travels and his description of Kuwait -- III. Mubarak's Kuwait in Russian and German Policy -- IV. Britain and Kuwait's Borders, 1902-23 : 1. The development of Kuwait as an Ottoman exclusion zone, 1899-1901 - 2. Forging northern territorial limits for Kuwait, 1902-9 - 3. Drawing boundaries for Kuwait, 1908-13 - 4. The survival of the Anglo-Ottoman red and green lines to constitute the boundaries of Kuwait, 1914-23 -- V. Social and Political Developments in Kuwait prior to 1961 : 1. The formation of Kuwait Society, 1700-1950 - 2. The impact of oil on government and society, 1950-61.
651		0	_aKuwait _xHistory.
651		0	_aKuwait _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aKuwait _xPolitics and government.
700	1		_aSlot, B.
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